CSI CONVENTION CENTRE

CSI Convention Centre, Kollam

STREETLIGHT

There was a boy who lived in a village in South India. His parents were poor. They could not afford to send him to a good school. He studied at a government school which provided education for poor children. Such schools usually have very little facilities.

There was no electricity in his house. At night his parents would light lamps to avoid being in the dark. The boy was preparing for the final examination. He found it difficult to study at night with the light provided by the lamps. So every night he would go out with his books and sit under a nearby streetlight to study.

After the exams, when the results were declared he was the top student in the state. People were surprised that a boy who studied under a streetlight had done so well. Many people came forward to help him. They promised to pay for his further studies. 

True Story

DANI MEDICALS

Dani Medicals, Kollam

BEAR SCARE

I remember watching the ‘German Circus’ in Singapore. I was about ten then. A bear was performing some tricks with a large ball. Suddenly it ran out and came near us. Everyone sitting near me ran away. Somehow I was not afraid and remained seated there. The bear came near me and then it stood up. It was big. By then a girl from the circus came running towards the bear and she managed to take it back.

I don’t know why I did not run away like the others seated near me. Maybe I was too young to realize the danger involved. Maybe I was brave or maybe I was stupid.I liked animals and thought that if we don’t hurt them, they wouldn’t hurt us.A circus bear would be tame. It is not likely to hurt people but faced with a similar situation today, I think I would move away.

SAS TRADING COMPANY

SAS Trading Company, Kollam

ONE DAY HERO, NEXT DAY ZERO

A man was sitting at a restaurant with his girlfriend. She was a foreigner. At the next table there were four young men. One of them made a remark that the man did not like. He got into an argument with them. Soon they started fighting. He was alone and there were four of them but they could not fight with him. They were beaten so badly that all four of them ran away. Those four young men did not know that the man had a black belt in karate.

Next day, the man was sitting at the same restaurant with his girlfriend. Those four young men came back with their friends. There were sixteen of them. All of them were armed with swords and knives. They stabbed him. They took him out to the road and cut him to pieces. They took the girl with them and all of them had their way with her.

(This happened in Pondicherry many years ago.)

ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHURCH

Assembly of God Church, Kollam